Red dot sights aren’t hard to understand. The entire point of a red dot sight picture is to make aiming a gun faster. When you pick up a pistol, or shoulder a long gun, the glowing red dot is easy to find, and whatever that red dot lands on down range is in your sights. […]
The Colt LE6920 is an easily identifiable AR-15. Any of the others that look like it are effectively copying this set-up. Colt is, after all, the company that built many of the first contract AR rifles, and the company that carried government contracts through the dark years of the AWB. Colt is still Colt, even […]
Here at AT3, we get a lot of questions about GLOCKs and accessories. It makes sense–understanding the nuances between different GLOCK models isn’t easy. That’s why we’re putting together this GLOCK buyer’s guide. The Basics GLOCK. There are a handful of surnames that have crossed over from the firearms industry into the common American idiom: […]
If you haven’t already had the experience of looking down the slide of an optics-ready pistol that is topped with a micro red dot, you’re behind the times. There’s nothing faster for target acquisition. Simply find the red dot on your target and pull the trigger. The old-school front-sight/rear-sight alignment paradigm that defines most all […]
The humble handguard is easy enough to understand. This piece of aluminum or plastic is a guard. For your hand. Simple enough, right? Hardly. The handguard keeps you from coming in contact with a smoking hot barrel, true enough. But the best handguards provide a rock-solid platform for establishing a firm shooting grip and an […]
Long guns are prone to recoil and muzzle-flip, just like handguns. There are a million strategies for how to take these factors. One of the most reliable is the forward grip. These come in two main varieties: the forward grip (which is designed to be held like you might hold a pistol’s grip) and the […]
